Juliet Hutchings (World Peasants and Indigenous Organization - WPIO): Juliet’s passion for telling stories through film and video took her to the NGO Veronica’s Story, and then to Ethiopia where she documented how the international community is working to eradicate the AIDS virus and help orphans find safe, healthy homes. She worked on several documentaries during her undergraduate studies at Northeastern University in Boston. Juliet has also made an historical film about how children perceived the Communist regime in 1950s Central Europe, in Prague, Czech Republic. She has also made a short film about the nonprofit organization HIPS, Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive. At the time of her fellowship, Juliet was in her final year of an MFA program in film & electronic media at American University in Washington, DC. After her fellowship, Juliet wrote: “There are always benefits to these community connections: time and again, no matter who I talk with about my experiences in Africa, I hear the refrain, “It’s people like you who are helping people like me, one at a time, to understand what the world is like, and that there is a group out there (the pygmies) who are in deep danger and need assistance.”
This is a little preview of what I am still working on for the WPIO. My very sweet friend, Dove, made this as part of a contest for Pulitzer and I am so grateful to her for reigniting my passion to continue working as an ambassador for the WPIO. Enjoy and pass it on.
Posted By Juliet Hutchings
Posted Oct 10th, 2008
2 Comments
Herbert Parsons
October 18, 2008
Thank you, Juliet. And Dove. I’ll now look forward to the longer piece to follow.
Best, Herb
Juliet
October 27, 2008
Thanks for sticking with me, Herb.